Ancient Greece: Part 1, Archaic Greece, Sparta and Athens
Jul 14, 2023 ·
18m 59s
During the Archaic period that began the Greek renaissance, the city-state, or polis, developed its defining characteristic—self-government. Sparta was an oligarchy whose elite class of soldier-citizens alone participated in government,...
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During the Archaic period that began the Greek renaissance, the city-state, or polis, developed its defining characteristic—self-government. Sparta was an oligarchy whose elite class of soldier-citizens alone participated in government, while Athens developed a democracy in which all adult male citizens participated. During this period, well-known features of Greek culture emerged such as the Greek script, the epic poems of Homer, and the Olympic Games.
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All images referenced in this podcast can be found at https://openstax.org/books/world-history-volume-1/pages/6-2-ancient-greece Welcome to A Journey into Human History.
This podcast will attempt to tell the whole human story. The content contained in this podcast was produced by OpenStax and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Access for free at https://openstax.org/books/world-history-volume-1/pages/1-introduction
Podcast produced by Miranda Casturo as a creative common sense production.
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